Labeling-machine.



No- 846,878. PATENTED MAR. 12, 1907.

H. H. TOUSSAINT.

LABELING. MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 23, 1906.

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No. 846,878. I'ATBNTED MAR. 12, 1907.

H. H. TOUSSAINT, LABELING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 23, 1906;

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PATENTED MAR. 12 1907.

HQ H. TOUSSA'INT. LABELING MACHINE;

APPLICATION FILED NOV.23, 1906.

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TORNEY g UNITED stra ns PATENT OFFICE,

HARRY H. TOUSSAINT, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

LABELlNG-MACHENE.

Specification of Letters: Baltent.

Patented March 12, 190?.

'Anplication filed November 23, 1906. Serial No. 344,673.

- To all whom zltmcty concern.-

' Be it known that I, HARRY'H. ToUssAINT,"

, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of NewJersey, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Labeling-Machines;

-and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invent1on,'such as will enable others skilled-in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompan'yi'ng drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon,.which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a machine for at.

tachinglabels to cans, and is adapted to provide a'mechanism for feeding the labelsforward on a table, pasting theedgefirst prei sented, then actuating an escap'ement to'allowa can to drop by gravity on the front end of the label, then twirling the can to pullthe remainder of the label so as to wrap it around the can, in the meantime pasting the rest of the'label asit is .pulled by the canto insurethe affixing of the whole label to the can.-

feeding thecans by means of a-step-by step movement, so that the cans are fed individu.-:

' ally Whenever alabel is presented.

Figure. 1 's a side view of the machine.

3 is a section on line 3 3 in Fig. 1. section on line4 4 in Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 Is. a-. 45

[The invention is illustrated. in the panying drawings, in which 2 is a section on line 22 in Fig 1'. Fig.

Fig. 4 isa section on line 5 .5 inFig. 2. Figs. 6 and 7 :.are'-.vertical central sections showing the the cans in different positions.

detailview of a star-wheel used'for operating a small belt, in the paste-reservoir, and Fig. I

.mechanism for feeding the labels -and.gum'-' ming them and the me'ohanisrn for feeding Fig. 8 is a :9 is a detail view of the pasting-rolls.

' The machine is made up of a frame composed oftwo side frames 10, and suitably journaled in the side frames is a shaft.11,-

side frame.

which is driven by means of adrive-pulley 12. .On this shaft is asuitable sprocketwheel or pulley 13, which drives, by means of the medium 14, a'sprocket or pulley15, which is fastened to the'shaft 16. On the shaft 16 are the disks 1.7, on which'are pivoted eccentrically thereon a'pair of bars 18,

. which fit on either side of a lever 19, the up: per end of which is forked, as at 20. 'This lever is ivoted on one end, so as to ride loose on the s aft 21'. Pivoted on theends of the forks of the lever 19 are the bars 22, in the ends of which are pivoted the shafts 23, and on these shafts 23 are mounted the wheels 24, having a'peripheral groove to fitthe top edge of the side frames, as willbe seen more particularly from Fig. 2. f

. Projecting forwardly and pivoted on the shafts 23 is a yoke 25, and on either side of the yoke is a wheel 26, also having its periphery grooved and fitting the top edge of the These wheels 26. are mounted on'a shaft 26, and i'n' the center of theshaft isarranged a roller 32, which is a trippingroll for the cans, the operation of which. will be described hereinafter.. The yokeprojects downwardly and forwardly on either side, as at 27., and a small paste-roll 28 isa'r v ranged to turn in the ends' of'these side pieces 27. A r'atchet'29 and a pawl 30 allow movement of thispaste-r'oll in only one di-' rection, as will be seen from Fig.9. Onthe end of the yoke '25, opposed to the herein- .before-describedmechanism, is'a large asteroll 31, which slides in -a slot'31 to a low a slight vertical movement.

.. It will beseen that as the rotatr they causeareciprocation of'the lever 19,.

and starting from. the position shown in Fig. '1 it will be seen that the carriage riding on the wheels 24 and 26 on eitherside of the 'machine is passed over a paste-reservoir 33, and a belt 34, rotating arou'nd'the rollers 35, assures the feeding of the paste-rolls with pasteQ. To insure the turning of this belt, I provide the mechanism shown in Fig. 8, which is attached o't'he forward roll '35 and comprises a star-wheel33 provided with the ratchet mechanism 33, so that the engage- 1 ment of this star-wheel by the carriage will with paste; As'the lever 19 is thrown forward, as above described, itpasses down the curved portion 35 0f theto'p edge of: the sidev frames 10 and in its passage assumes the po- 5' causea' constant-feeding of the belt coated sition shown inFig. 6, and the small pastewheel 28' engages the front edge of the top shown. in Fig/i.

label of a set of labels 36, these labels resting on a platform 37, which in turn are supported by the rod 838, which has a tendency to be fed upward by the weight ?9, asinFig. 1.

'As the topmost label is engaged by the table, a pair of guides it), one oneach side of the machine, these guides being shown also n'rFig. 3, maintain the label in its position when the paste-roll is drawn away from it.

The withdrawal of the paste-roll and the tripping of a can is simultaneous, and. the mechanism l or accomplishing this will now be described.

()n the shaft 16 is arranged a cam 41, hav ing a projection 42, and on the periphery of the ant runs a roller 43, whiclris attached to the end of alever -44, which is fastened to and operates the shaft 21. and on the outside edges of the shaft 21, on either side/of the ma chine, are arranged the lovers 4'5, to which are connected the bars 46, adapted to actuate the bell-cranks 47, which in turn operate the rods i8 and. by means ol the short lever 49 tilt the carriage carrying the roller 32 and the paste-rollers. The mechanism is so adjusted that as the carriage arrives at the dotted positionshown in t3 the nose 42 ol'1the cam will engage the lever {23, and the nier'l'ianism above described will cause a quick tilting ol' the tairriage, and the tripping mechanism of the cans will be operated. This tripping mechanism comprises a wheel or a roller 50 to be engaged by the roller 32, this roller .30 being on a lever 51, fastened to a. rod 52. to which is secured aroller 53 to be thrown into contact with the second can when the lit-st can is released. When this mechanism is operated, the connecting-bar 54 is pulled. which turns the arm 55, and the leverfit'i, with its roller 57,.is drawn backfroni the position shown in Fig. 1 to that shown in Fig. 7. (his allows one can to fall and come down on theend oi" the label previously advanced and settle on illtliltlSitltl end (1-, as

7 The tilting carriage holds this position shown in Fig. 1 while the can is turned or twirled, the mechanism lor doing this being described hereinafter, so that the label as it is pulled through is supplied with paste by the large paste roller 31.- The mechanism is so adjusted, however, that as the end of the label comes to the roller the roller 42) on the projection 42 ol the can] 41 is allowed to rise and the carriage assumes a horiicontnl position and is drawn up over the curved portion; 355 ol the track on the top;

edge ol the side l ran'ies and is carried back over the belt 3% ,in the paste-reservoir to be replenished. \Vlnlc this return movementi I is taking place the can is turned over and 3 over to assure the affixing oi the label to the i can and squeeze out all. the air-bubbles, this turning being caused by a belt- 61, which is constantly in motion and which passes over an upper pulley 62 and a lower pulley 63 and running'over the small idle rollers 64, each ofcause a very tight fit for the can between the belt 61 and the opposed face 66in. theirs-me.

On the same shaft with the pulley 62 is another pulley 67 which operates, by means of. a belt 68, the pulley 69, which operates a. shaft carrying the brush 70. This brush 7 0',

by reason of its gearing, revolves faster-than the can that is turned and is adapted to take the end a of the label on the first rotation of the can and brush it securely up against the can, so that there is no liability of. this edge of the label being turned over backward. A

second brush 7 1, operated by the belt 72 on the pulley 73, presses against the belt 61' and turns in reverse direction to keep the belt61' free from paste. The pulley 73 is runby means of a belt 74, which derives its power from the pulley 75 on the main shaft 11. T his whole machine goes-to make up a device that is not liable to get out of order, in

which all parts are easy of access, and one in which the cans are manipulated to make the label adhere firmly and smoothly to its surface. of the machine, and the receptacle on its open end is fastened by means of bars 76, pivoted at one end to-the machineand having their other ends detachably secured by means of the spring-catches 77. v

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A machine of the kind described, comprising a frame. label reservoir, a pastereservoir, a carriage riding abo e the reservoirs and having fpaste-rollsthereon, means for locking one of thepaste-rolls against movement in one. direction, ineansfor feeding the paste-rolls from the paste-reservoir to the forward edge 01"" the labels, one pasteroll being adapted to carry the topmost label from the label-reservoir, a can-chute, a trip ping mechanism to feed the cans individually to allow one can to drop, on the end of the label, by: gravity, and mechanism. for tripping the carriage to release the tripping mechanism of the cans.

A maghine of the hind descrioed, (oinprising' a frame having a pasten'eservoir, :i. lalurl-reservoir, a carriage to engage the paste reservoir. means for causing the carriage to engage the forward end oi the topmost label and "lend it forward. mechanism tripped by the carriage to feed a can tothel'orivarrl edge ol' the label, and means for twirling the can for allixing the label'thereto.

3; A machine of the kind. described com-- prising a frame having a, label-reservoir, a.

which is pressed forward bya spring 65 to 3 The labels are inserted from the side voir and teed it forward, a can, a tripping the labelthereto, the carriage pasting the prising-a frame having a label-reservoir, a l

- ing the label at the inception of the twirling,

the topmost label from the label-reservoir, a tripping mechanism actuated .reservoir, meansforcausing the carriage to riage to trip the can, ineans'for twirling the mean 8 pasteereservoir, a carriageadapted to be sup- 1. forming one wall of its passage, slightly plied with paste 'from' the PBJSlZG-IGSGIVOlIri smaller than the diameter 01 a can, a tripping mechanism. for causing the carriage to feed I mechanism for feeding a can and depositingit on the pasted end of-the label, and then on i the revolving belt, whereby to paste the label to the can, means for pasting the label at the inception of: the twirling,

by the carriage for releasing acan when the label has been fed, and means for twirling the can. to affix the paste-reservoir.

label at-the inception of the twirling. I

6. A machine of the kind described, corn- 4. A machine of the kind described, comvoir between them,-a label-reservoir having paste-reservoir, a carriage having paste-rolls,

labels therein, between the side frames, a carthereon, adapted to lie-supplied by' the pasteand having paste-rolls to engage thepizstereservoir, and to engage the topmost label to feed it forward, cans arranged in a can-chute between the side frames, tripping mechanism actuated by the frame to cause a can to drop on the forward end of the label, .a for directing a can to engage the label between itself and the belt, whereby the canris engage the topmost label. in the label-reserinechanism to deliver the, can to the pasted edge of the label, means for causing the carcan to affix the label thereto, means for pastand abrush arranged to revolve faster than the canto insure the aflixing of the forward endof the label. v I v .5. Am'achine of the -kind described COII1- prising a frame having a label-reservoir therein, labels in thereservoir, a paste-reservoir above the label-,re'servoirftracks above the reservoirs, a carriage riding on the tracks and having'paste-rolls thereon, mechanism for -reservoir.-

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HARRY 1..ToUssiuN r.

forcing the carriage from the paste-reservoir Witnesses: Y to engage the forward end of the topmost WM. H. CAMFIELD, label and feed it forward, a revolving belt- E. PEnL.

prising side frames inclosing; a paste-reser riage riding on the top edgelof the sidef'rames' have hereunto set my hand this 20th day of.

the can is twirled 40 and means for withdrawing thecarriage to belt, means twirled to affix the label thereto, and means 

